Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 24Then the LORD rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; 25And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the groun...
And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, My son, despise not you the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and whips every son whom he receives.
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to you.
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and to them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin to salvation.
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightning, and voices, and thunder, and an earthquake, and great hail.
